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A popular ‘American Idol’ winner and her husband “chose the Labor Day holiday to announce they are expecting their first child,” reports Fox News. Carrie Underwood, 31, and Mike Fisher, 34, who plays in the National Hockey League for the…
“Sources close to Joan Rivers tell ET [‘Entertainment Tonight]’ that the legendary comedienne is in a medically induced coma following a routine endoscopy,” according to a story on the ET website. The story adds: “Not long after the procedure started,…
The answer lies in Springsteen’s 2009 album “Working on a Dream.” One of the cuts on that album is called “Outlaw Pete,” which is about a bank-robbing baby. What Springsteen has in common with the other celebrities in our headline…
“Jean Rossi, one of Fox Broadcasting’s first ad sales staffers, is leaving,” reports our good friend Jon Lafayette for B&C. The story reports: “Rossi, now executive VP for Fox and president of parent company 21st Century Fox’s Fox One cross-company marketing…
“Michael Wright, the president and head of programming for TNT, TBS and Turner Classic Movies (TCM), has decided to leave the company,” Variety reports. The story reports: “Wright was in the running to replace Turner Entertainment Networks President Steve Koonin,…
“Welcome to Disney’s wonderful world of drones,” reports the New York Post. The story reports: “Disney Enterprises, the merchandising arm for the entertainment conglomerate that owns the ABC Network, has filed three patents for drone-powered entertainment strategies, including using unmanned…
“Hello Kitty, the adorable cultural force that began life as a character on a coin purse in Japan [in] 1974,” is NOT a cat, reports the Los Angeles Times. The article is about a Hello Kitty art exhibit that’s been…
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In 1950, there was a huge spike in the number of homes with TV sets in the U.S., jumping from about 4 million homes to 10.5 million homes. The year before, the number of TV homes had jumped by about…
Apple will soon go into production with “a new iPad [ that] will have a screen measuring 12.9 inches diagonally, said people [with knowledge of the matter], who asked not to be identified because the details aren’t public,” report Tim…